| abstract |
The present invention relates to an animal repellent that contains, as an active ingredient, a compound that has an odor that innately induces fear in animals, which is free from acclimatization of animals to the aforementioned odor; The present invention relates to an animal repellent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one type selected from a heterocyclic compound represented by the formula (1) wherein ring A is a 3- to 7-membered heterocycle containing at least one heteroatom selected from a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom and an oxygen atom, and R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, a group acyl, an optionally esterified carboxyl group, an optionally substituted thiol group, an optionally substituted amino group or an oxo group, or a salt thereof, a sulfide chain and alkyl isothiocyanate compound. |